Agricultural Business Management Associate in Applied Science

What Follows is the Program Outline.

This program has articulation agreements with Iowa State University, Illinois State University, & Southern Illinois University-Carbondale^, but is not designed for students transferring to other colleges or universities. As a rule, courses with a second digit "0" are designed to transfer. Students planning to transfer should consult a Counselor to verify the transferability of courses. Prerequisites for courses are noted in the IVCC Catalog. Program Pre-Admission Information is included if applicable.

Refer to the General Education for Associate in Applied Science for options to fulfill the AAS General Education courses.

Fall semester, first year

IAI Course
AGR 1000Introduction To Field Crop Science

4

AG 903

AGR 1002Intro Agriculture Mechanics

3

AG 906

AGR 1200Introduction To Agricultural Business Management

3

AGR 1202Intro To Agricultural Industry

2

MTH 1206Technical Mathematics I

3

Spring semester, first year

IAI Course
AGR 1001Introductory Agricultural Economics

3

AGR 1206Intro To Precision Agriculture

4

AGR 1215Agricultural Marketing

3

ENG 1205Writ Comm Skills for Bus Ind & Tech

3

Or

ENG 1001English Composition I

3

C1 900

AAS General Education course

3

Total Credit Hours:31

Fall semester, second year

IAI Course
AGR 1005Introductory Soil Science

4

AG 904

AGR 1207Agricultural Credit & Finance

3

AGR 1208Advanced Agricultural Business Management

3

AGR 1212Agriculture Sales

3

SPH 1204Oral Communication Skills for Business, Industry & Technology

3

Or

SPH 1001Fundamentals of Speech

3

C2 900

Spring semester, second year

IAI Course
AGR 1004Microcomputer Applications in Agri

3

AG 913

AGR 1213Agricultural Internship

3

AGR 1214Agricultural Internship Seminar

1

Agricultural Elective

3

Agricultural Elective

3

Total Credit Hours:29

Total Credit Hours: 60

Agriculture Elective: Any course from the following prefixes: AGR, ACT, BUL, BUS, ELE, IMT, MET, WLD.

Alternate options for MTH 1206 (MTH 1206 is preferred unless transferring): MTH 1000, MTH 1003, MTH 1004, MTH 1005, MTH 1006, MTH 1007, MTH 1008, MTH 1010, MTH 2001

ENG 1205: Preferred unless transferring.

For additional information, please consult any counselor at (815) 224-0360 or program coordinator willard_mott@ivcc.edu, (815) 224-0413.

^Articulation Agreements:

Iowa State - https://www.admissions.iastate.edu/transfer/pdf/transfer_plans/3252.pdf

https://www.admissions.iastate.edu/transfer/pdf/transfer_plans/3253.pdf 

Illinois State - https://registrar.illinoisstate.edu/downloads/articulation-agreements/IVCC-Agribusiness.pdf

https://registrar.illinoisstate.edu/downloads/articulation-agreements/IVCC-AgronomyManagement.pdf

Southern Illinois - https://articulation.siu.edu/articulation-agreements/illinois-valley-community-college/index.php

5/24/2021